THE PASSENGERS Trailer Review A Modern Space Opera

THE PASSENGERS Trailer Review A Modern Space Opera is directed by Morten Tyldum and will be starring Jennifer Lawrence opposite Chris Pratt. This movie initially casted Keanu Reeves and Rachel McAdams as the lead but they later dropped out during development. The directors included Gabriele Muccino, Marc Forster and Brian Kirk who were at one time attached to the project, but dropped out making way for Morten Tyldum. Both the lead actors would be pulling down double digit billions with Jennifer Lawrence getting $20 Million and Chris Pratt getting $12 Million. On the poster, under the title contains the symbols: dot dot dot, dash dash dash, dot dot dot – morse code for S.O.S.

The trailer shows Aurora Lane and James Preston on board a spacecraft called ‘The Avalon’, who have an improving romantic relationship between them. The Avalon is full of Artificial Intelligence objects including a little droid which helps James Preston send messages to and from Aurora Lane, and a bartender (Michael Sheen) which from waist up looks like a human, but from beneath is machine. The Avalon is carrying thousands of people in it which is transporting them to a distant colony planet, and they have to sleep for 12o years but on the way, Aurora and James wake up before the scheduled time. Thus, they start to investigate this occurrence and with it start to take the mask off under which lies corruption and deceit.

 The movie gives the feel of Solaris and A Space Odyssey, with a bit of Star Trek touch to it. Other well known actors who can be seen in the trailer are Andy Garcia and Laurence Fishburne. It is a must see for those who love watching Sci Fi space exploration films. The release is planned for December 21st, 2016.

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